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<h1 class="heading1">Getting Started</h1>
<p class="bodytext">Plesk is the control panel software that you use for reselling shared hosting services, and hosting your own domain names and web sites.</p>
<p class="bodytext">You can manage the hosted domain names and web sites on your own, or delegate  permissions to manage individual domains to other users. Upon delegation, a separate Domain Administrator's control panel environment is automatically created, providing your customer with site and e-mail management capabilities in accordance with the permissions you define.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Using the Domain Administrator's control panel, a site owner can:</p>
<ul class="listbullet"><li class="listbullet">Change passwords for access to control panel and Web space through FTP,</li><li class="listbullet">Publish and preview a Web site,</li><li class="listbullet">Install, manage and remove databases and Web applications,</li><li class="listbullet">Order and install SSL certificates to secure online transactions (this is possible for Web sites hosted on a dedicated IP address, which is not shared among other Web sites),</li><li class="listbullet">Set up, manage and remove subdomains,</li><li class="listbullet">Host personal Web pages for other users,</li><li class="listbullet">Password protect areas of a Web site,</li><li class="listbullet">Customize Web server error messages,</li><li class="listbullet">Backup and restore a Web site with its databases and applications,</li><li class="listbullet">Schedule automatic backups,</li><li class="listbullet">Create, edit, remove mailboxes, and protect them against spam and viruses,</li><li class="listbullet">Allow access to individual E-mail administration panel to mailbox owners (this is convenient when running mail hosting business or creating mailboxes for other users),</li><li class="listbullet">Create, edit, remove mail forwarders and automatic replies,</li><li class="listbullet">Create, manage, remove mailing lists, subscribe and unsubscribe users.</li></ul><p class="bodytext">You have access to all these features from your own control panel, therefore, you will not need to use neither the Domain Administrator's nor E-mail Administrator's control panels.</p>
<p class="bodytext">To learn more about using Domain Administrator's control panel, please refer to the Domain Administrator Guide.</p>
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<p class="relatedheading">In this chapter:</p><p class="relateditem"><a href="25036.htm" target="_self">Logging In to Plesk</a></p><p class="relateditem"><a href="15375.htm" target="_self">Becoming Familiar with Plesk's Interface</a></p><p class="relateditem"><a href="25039.htm" target="_self">Changing Your Contact Information and Password</a></p></td>
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